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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-help.txt59
-rw-r--r--Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl6
3 files changed, 58 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index ed2cb83..0865f4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -757,6 +757,10 @@ log.showroot::
Tools like linkgit:git-log[1] or linkgit:git-whatchanged[1], which
normally hide the root commit will now show it. True by default.
+man.viewer::
+ Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
+ 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
+
merge.summary::
Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
merge commit messages. False by default.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index 0926dc1..be2ae53 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -33,17 +33,21 @@ OPTIONS
option supersedes any other option.
-i|--info::
- Use the 'info' program to display the manual page, instead of
- the 'man' program that is used by default.
+ Display manual page for the command in the 'info' format. The
+ 'info' program will be used for that purpose.
-m|--man::
- Use the 'man' program to display the manual page. This may be
- used to override a value set in the 'help.format'
- configuration variable.
+ Display manual page for the command in the 'man' format. This
+ option may be used to override a value set in the
+ 'help.format' configuration variable.
++
+By default the 'man' program will be used to display the manual page,
+but the 'man.viewer' configuration variable may be used to choose
+other display programs (see below).
-w|--web::
- Use a web browser to display the HTML manual page, instead of
- the 'man' program that is used by default.
+ Display manual page for the command in the 'web' (HTML)
+ format. A web browser will be used for that purpose.
+
The web browser can be specified using the configuration variable
'help.browser', or 'web.browser' if the former is not set. If none of
@@ -54,6 +58,9 @@ linkgit:git-web--browse[1] for more information about this.
CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
-----------------------
+help.format
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
If no command line option is passed, the 'help.format' configuration
variable will be checked. The following values are supported for this
variable; they make 'git-help' behave as their corresponding command
@@ -61,15 +68,47 @@ line option:
* "man" corresponds to '-m|--man',
* "info" corresponds to '-i|--info',
-* "web" or "html" correspond to '-w|--web',
+* "web" or "html" correspond to '-w|--web'.
+
+help.browser, web.browser and browser.<tool>.path
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The 'help.browser', 'web.browser' and 'browser.<tool>.path' will also
be checked if the 'web' format is chosen (either by command line
option or configuration variable). See '-w|--web' in the OPTIONS
section above and linkgit:git-web--browse[1].
-Note that these configuration variables should probably be set using
-the '--global' flag, for example like this:
+man.viewer
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The 'man.viewer' config variable will be checked if the 'man' format
+is chosen. Only the following values are currently supported:
+
+* "man": use the 'man' program as usual,
+* "woman": use 'emacsclient' to launch the "woman" mode in emacs
+(this only works starting with emacsclient versions 22),
+* "konqueror": use a man KIO slave in konqueror.
+
+Multiple values may be given to this configuration variable. Their
+corresponding programs will be tried in the order listed in the
+configuration file.
+
+For example, this configuration:
+
+ [man]
+ viewer = konqueror
+ viewer = woman
+
+will try to use konqueror first. But this may fail (for example if
+DISPLAY is not set) and in that case emacs' woman mode will be tried.
+
+If everything fails the 'man' program will be tried anyway.
+
+Note about git config --global
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Note that all these configuration variables should probably be set
+using the '--global' flag, for example like this:
------------------------------------------------
$ git config --global help.format web
diff --git a/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl b/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl
index fe3cd72..4065a3a 100644
--- a/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl
+++ b/Documentation/manpage-1.72.xsl
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-<!-- callout.xsl: converts asciidoc callouts to man page format -->
+<!-- Based on callouts.xsl. Fixes man page callouts for DocBook 1.72 XSL -->
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0">
+
+<xsl:param name="man.output.quietly" select="1"/>
+<xsl:param name="refentry.meta.get.quietly" select="1"/>
+
<xsl:template match="co">
<xsl:value-of select="concat('&#x2593;fB(',substring-after(@id,'-'),')&#x2593;fR')"/>
</xsl:template>